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UNITED STATES SAML. J. SMITH, OF NET YORK, N. Y.

HAND-STAM P.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,452, dated August 15, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. SMITH, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Hand-Stamps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure lis a front elevation ofmy said stamp as ready for use on a sheet or sheets of paper introduced between the stamp and bed; and Fig. 2 is a section of said stamp with the movable portion of the bed removed, so as to stamp upon a book or other article that could not conveniently be. entered between the stamp and bed.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

The nature of my said invention consists in a movable bed applied with a hand-stamp, so that an impression can be made either upon a sheet of paper between ihe bed and stamp or upon a book, sheet of paper, or other substance below themain bed, the said movable portion of the bed being removed to allow the stamp Y to pass through the opening in the bed. I also employ an in king or impression ribbon carried rby an adjustable head that is attached to and moves with the stamp-holder or sliding rod, so that the position of the said rollers and ribbon may be varied to allow the stamp to pass i throughl the bed or act upon the surface ot' the movable section.

In the drawings, a is a bed, with an arm, b, at the end of which isa cylinder, c, that receives the rodd, carrying a stamp, c, at its lower end and a head,f, at its upper end, to be struck by the hand.

g is a spring to raise the stamp, and a screw is provided at 7L, the point of which enters a groove ruiming lengthwise of the rod d, to prevent its turning, but allow an endwise movement.

The stamp e is formed with raised letters or other devices to be printed or impressed, and is attached by a stem passing into d, held by a set-screw, 1.

lI he movable hed t' is formed with a ilange,

able bed iitself sets loosely within an opening in the bed a, so that it may be easily lifted out in order that the stamp c may be struck through the said opening upon a bpok or other article the bed a may rest upon or when the movable bed i is in its place in the bede it receives the impression'upon its upper surface, which is covered with rubber or other yieldin g material.

Around the'rod d is the adjustable ribboncarrier le, provided with a setscrew,4, by which it is held in position on the rod d, and moves with said rod. This ribbon-carrier ks made hollow, with depending anges, carrying the ribbon-rollers l l, that receive the impression-` ribbon a, containing coloring-matter to give color to the impression from the stamp. It is preferable that the ribbon be drawn across nearly on the line of the face 'of the stamp; but to allow the rollers Z to be out of the way when the stamp is struck through the opening in the bed a the carrier k has to be raised sufficiently to be clear ot' the upper surface of said bed a.

The ribbon is to be changed from time to time to bring a fresh coloring-surface over the types or stamp. This is done by turning the rollers as usual, and it is frequently necessary to introduce a new ribbon.

Heretof'ore diiculty has arisen in attaching the ends of the ribbons to the rollers l. My ribbon-carrier k gives great facility in this particular. I only have to slip off both stamp and carrier by loosening the respective screws and remove one ribbon and introduce another, holes being provided in the rollers through which to sew in attaching the ends of the ribbon, and the edges of the carrier 7c, only coming down to the point 5, allow the needle to be inserted and withdrawn with ease, which could not be thine if the rollers werein a box, as heretofore usual.

One ribbon and its carrier lr may be removed with ease and another with different-colored ink introduced to act with the stamp; and in consequenceof the carrierk being adjustable l. A movable bed or section of the bed, in combination with' a hand-stamp, substantially as specified, whereby the impression can be made against; the movable portion of the bed, or against a book or other article when the bed is removed, as set forth.

2. A ribbon 4holder or carrier attached t0 and adjustable on the sliding rod that carries or forms the stamp, Vsubstantially as and for the purposes specified. l

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 13th day ot' May, 1865.

- S. J. SMITH. Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. SERRELL, JAMES E. SERRELL, Jr. 

